During your PhD, you’ll have days where nothing seems to make sense.
You may question why you’re doing your PhD at all, or you may look towards the future with anxiety and doubt as you wonder whether you’ll ever be ‘good enough’ or whether you’ll ever ‘make it’.
You’ll have days where you wonder how the hell you got here and where you go next.
It’s on days like these that you may begin to think about dropping out.
On these days, lean into your discomfort and have faith that you’re exactly where you need to be and doing exactly what you need to do. Remind yourself that although your anxious mind is fearful of the future, you’re on the right path. Having that faith in your direction can help you to keep on going in spite of the doubt and anxiety.
Keep muddling through even when you don’t want to, but do so knowing that in calmer, less anxious times you put yourself on this path with all the best intentions. Have faith that those intentions will get you where you need to go.
Keep your head down, keep turning up and you’ll eventually see sunnier days.
Good luck.
